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Schwimmer, Rosika (1877 - 1948)

Last edited by Floor_Toebes on Aug. 21, 2025, 1:24 p.m.
Short name Schwimmer, Rosika
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/16393160
First name Rosika
Birth name Schwimmer
Married name Bédy-Schwimmer
Date of birth 1877
Date of death 1948
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Budapest
Place of death New York (New York)
Lived in Timișoara , Subotica , Hungary
Place of residence notes
Olga Máté, portrait of Rosika Schwimmer, at INTERNATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE CONGRESS BUDAPEST - HUNGARY, 1913
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Religion / ideology Jewish
Education
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Bédy, Pál [EMPTY] 1911-None Married
Schwimmer, Rosika was ...
correspondent Jacobs, Aletta
collaborator and mentee of Catt, Carrie Chapman
collaborator Glücklich, Vilma [EMPTY]
Author of
receptions circulations
A Nö Gazdasági Helyzete (1906) 0 0
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Circulations of Schwimmer, Rosika, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Schwimmer, Rosika, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

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Olga Máté, portrait of Rosika Schwimmer, at INTERNATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE CONGRESS BUDAPEST - HUNGARY, 1913 None is portrait of

Born to a liberal Jewish family, she became a bookkeeper and professional woman. Emgirated after 1919, lived in the US and was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Data regarding her works is incomplete (FT 2025).